Minack, the Coolest Theater in the World



Open air theaters are usually associated with the cultures of ancient Rome and Greece but the tradition is still going strong in the windswept but beautiful landscape of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Although it resembles an ancient artifact, the Minack Theater is less than a hundred years old! It is made of solid stone and perched directly over the sea, so it will probably see Shakespearean productions for centuries to come.

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by taliesyn30.

We have friends who have played on the Minack stage, and we've seen a production of "Midsummer Night's Dream" during which the full moon came up out of the ocean. A magical place.
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And with the amount of white-noise produced by the waves breaking on the shore, it is probably just as well that they do Shakespeare where most of the audience knows the words and the plot.
At least that's what I surmise. I could be wrong.
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I to saw Midsummers night dream there, when the sun went down it got very cold (a good tip take something insulation to sit on)but bats flew round the lights catching summer moths and fishing boats showing thier lights sailed past... good if you get bored easily.
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The Cornwall coast? Ah, yes -- if you look closely, you can see the Major General's Daughters climbing over the rocks, chased by the Pirates of Penzance themselves, accompanied by a Doctor of Divinity who is Located in this Vicinity...
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